Beijing is still the Olympic City. There are Beijing 2008 banners and billboards all over the city. Anywhere they don't want you to see something, they erect a fence or billboard like this, or a "One World, One Dream" version.
The Olympic park is impressive. The Bird's Nest in an impressive stadium. So big that I could never get a shot of the entire stadium.
And the nearby Water Cube is also impressive. It's much bigger than I thought.
The entire park has a coordinated theme. This is one of the lights near the Bird's Nest.
Across the street is the Olympic Village where the athletes lived. The tall building represents a dragon. It is on the center line axis of Beijing, at the north end, giving the city very good fung shui. Notice the big screen TVs on and between the buildings. They are now, of course, displaying advertising.
Here is a better shot of the lower screen. It's the biggest I have ever seen.
There were a lot of people around the Olympic Park. Nothing was open, we were all just wandering around looking at the buildings and such. Easily 50,000 people, and maybe twice that.
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